Juan Ramirez, Jr. has been a judge in the Third District Court of Appeal since January 2, 2000. He previously served as a Circuit Court Judge (1990-99) and as a County Court Judge (1988-90). He is the author of "Florida Civil Procedure," a two-volume set published by Michie / Lexis Publishing in 1997 and a three-volume set entitled "Florida Evidence Manual" published in 2000, also by Lexis. He has also written for a number of Florida Bar publications.
As a district judge, he is currently the chief judge elect of the court, scheduled to commence his term on July 1, 2009. He represents the Third District on the Court Technology Committee for the Appellate Courts of Florida and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Law and Economics Center of George Mason School of Law. He was the Associate Dean of the College of Advanced Judicial Studies and served in the Florida Courts Education Council. He also served in the education committee of the Conference of District Court Judges.
As a trial judge, he served in the Criminal, Family and General Jurisdiction Divisions and, during his last year, was the Administrative Judge of the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court. He was elected as the Third District Court representative to the Conference of Circuit Court Judges, and also served as Civil Section Chair and Education Program Chair. He has previously lectured at various meetings of the Conference of Circuit Judges on civil topics.
Judge Ramirez is the author of a three-volume treatise on Florida Civil Procedure as well as the Florida Evidence Manual, also a three-volume set, both published by LexisNexis. Additionally, he authored a casebook on Florida Civil Procedure for law schools published by the Carolina Academic Press. He has taught numerous law school courses as an adjunct professor at Florida International University, St. Thomas University School of Law and Nova Southeastern University School of Law, including Florida civil procedure, medical malpractice, criminal procedure, evidence and family law. He has served in numerous bar activities. He is currently the vice-chair of the Civil Rules Committee.
Judge Ramirez earned a B.A and an M.A. degree from Vanderbilt University, followed by two years at the University of Florida, where he worked on a Ph.D. in Latin American History. He graduated with honors in 1975 from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1945. He has been married to Josie since 1979, and they have two children, Juan Luis and Julian. He is also active in the community, having participated in School-Based Mentoring with Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Greater Miami. |
